Thursday, December 27, 2007

There Will Be Yarn

I am pleased to report that the Curmudgeon and I are spending a lovely winter break with Peeper-Lou and Tween Thing in the Land of 10,000 lakes, where we have been enjoying many holiday delights such as….

Trifle:

Christmas Pudding:

Yorkshire Pudding i.e. Popovers:

Seeing movies every night: So far we’ve seen No Country For Old Men—grim but fantastic, There Will Be Blood—the Curmudgeon’s favorite director, a spectacular film, Juno—a Minneapolis stripper/screenwriter hits the big time(!), and tonight it’s The Savages. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Need I say more?

There has also been knitting, talking about knitting, and the giving of hand knitted gifts. None of the A.D.D. Knitter Holiday Hand Knit Gifts of 2007 ™ are overly impressive in any way, mind you, but they were appreciated by their recipients and therefore fit the bill:

Worsted Weight Big Stripe socksYarn: Schoeller and Stahl Big PrintPattern: Just Basic Cuff-Down SocksNeedles: Size 6 Magic LoopComments: For my 81 year-old dad who is slowly fading away due to Alzheimer’s disease. He loved these socks, and so do I.

Rowan Chunky Tweed HatYarn: Rowan Chunky Tweed, lost the ball band ages ago and don’t know the colorPattern: From Ann Budd’s The Knitter's Handy Book of PatternsNeedles: Size 8 addisComments: During this trip we have learned that ages ago there was a huge flood in Holmfirth (where Rowan is produced) that killed several of my mother’s relatives, so the yarn was a point of conversation and allowed everyone to note how lucky some of us have been in our lives.

Rowan Tweed Almost MeatheadYarn: Rowan Tweed, one ball on sale at the Skein AttractionPattern: MeatheadNeedles: Size 15 addisComments: I ran out of yarn before I could give it the full-on pointy head treatment, but this hat took me about 2 hours to make from start to finish, so naturally I love it.

Of course no trip home would be complete without trips to Borealis Yarns and The Yarnery in Saint Paul, so stay tuned for an exciting account of gift certificate tomfoolery!

That snow scene is just beautiful! I love your dad's socks too. The combination of colors is very cool. The hats are great, but your daughter's expression is priceless. Glad you're having such a good time!

I thought to myself without even really thinking that the first picture looks like Lake Harriet from the southwest corner, although I don't remember there being a railing there. Then I read farther and checked back and discovered it was Lake Calhoun. Close but no seegar :)

More yarn to burn in 2008, eh ? Hoh hoh hoh.I love the dad's socks, too. But it's notorious I'm not the girliest girl ever. Oh, I think the snapshot of Tween-Thing deserves the opening of a worldwide gallery. You know, parenthood's solidarity.;-)

I wish I could move into some simple holiday knitting. I might actually do some. I made a sweater with Rowan Big Wool and addi 15's. What did you think of those 15's with the tubing that reminds me of what you use to clean the fishtank with. My right hand ached from the pull- any tricks to making it slicker?

Boyfriend and I saw Juno this past week too, and I really liked it. And when it was over, this totally crazy guy in the audience went off on a rant monologue about teen pregnancy. It was like, second show!